ERIC Number: EJ1343675
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Sep
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0009
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Two-Year-Olds at Elevated Risk for ASD Can Learn Novel Words from Their Parents
Van Rooijen, Rianne; Ward, Emma Kate; De Jonge, Maretha; Kemner, Chantal; Junge, Caroline
Journal of Child Language, v49 n5 p1052-1063 Sep 2022
Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have smaller vocabularies in infancy compared to typically-developing children. To understand whether their smaller vocabularies stem from problems in learning, our study compared a prospective risk sample of 18 elevated risk and 11 lower risk 24-month-olds on current vocabulary size and word learning ability using a paradigm in which parents teach their child words. Results revealed that both groups learned novel words, even though parents indicated that infants at elevated risk of ASD knew fewer words. This suggests that these early compromised vocabularies cannot be solely linked to difficulties in word formations.
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Development, At Risk Persons, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Parent Child Relationship, Infants, Comparative Analysis, Learning Problems
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